An MSME Development and Facilitation Office under the Ministry of MSME, covering many districts from a state capital.
Purba Bardhaman has 25,808 manufacturing MSMEs. The district's manufacturing gross value added per worker is ₹88,501, behind the typical district. The MSME Development and Facilitation Office supports this manufacturing base directly.
75% of registered enterprises are in services while 25% are in manufacturing. Only 5% of employment is in small and medium enterprises. 67% of school-age children are enrolled in higher secondary school (classes 9–12).
In Purba Bardhaman, which ranks 9 of 23 in West Bengal for youth opportunity, the overall opportunity score is 45.5 out of 100. It runs ahead of the national picture on employment in small and medium enterprises at 5.2%. The district has 79,008 registered service enterprises.